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Australian horse racing form study usually stops at picking the horse: you do the form, then walk up and take whatever price is showing on the board. In Practical Punting in October 2000, Richard H...

Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, and a bet on the one whose name you liked. Writing in Practical Punting in September 2000, Richard Hartley Jnr...

Track conditions and weight are the two Australian horse racing form factors most punters skim over — "the in-a-hurry punters of modern day racing", as Richard Hartley Jnr put it in Practical Punti...

Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, half the field circled, and still no idea which one to back. Writing in Practical Punting Magazine, Richard Ha...

Most of a Saturday card is not worth studying — which is why Australian horse racing form study starts with picking the race, not the horse. Writing in Practical Punting in June 2000, Richard Ha...

Before you rate a single horse, Australian horse racing form study starts with a question about the race itself: is it even worth analysing? Writing in Practical Punting in May 2000, Richard Hartle...

The ode that accompanies this article may be sung to Beethoven's Choral Symphony or the lesser - known Elegy in F Minor by Poulenc, Though a requiem would be more appropriate, a requiem to the enj...

Many years ago, when I was setting out on the professional punting scene, an old timer gave me some sage advice. "Play safe," he told me. "Cover yourself, no matter how confident you might be." ...

Many years ago, when I was setting out on the professional punting scene, an old timer gave me some sage advice. "Play safe," he told me. "Cover yourself, no matter how confident you might be." ...

Many years ago, when I was setting out on the professional punting scene, an old timer gave me some sage advice. "Play safe," he told me. "Cover yourself, no matter how confident you might be." ...

Are we planning for 1998 already? Afraid so. Bit of a shock, yes? Some of you will not need the ensuing words of advice. Congratulations. To the others I say: ignore the advice at your peril! D...

Are we planning for 1998 already? Afraid so. Bit of a shock, yes? Some of you will not need the ensuing words of advice. Congratulations. To the others I say: ignore the advice at your peril! D...